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Cubs 4 @ Giants 3
Polo Grounds
September 18, 1946
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The information below contains details about the Major League Baseball game between the New York Giants and the Chicago Cubs, played on September 18, 1946 at Polo Grounds. The home team Giants were bested by the visiting Cubs with a score of 4 to 3.

Game Summary

DateSeptember 18, 1946 
Visiting Team
Chicago Cubs
R: 4 H: 6 E: 4 LOB: 6
Runs: 4
Hits: 6
Errors: 4
Left On Base: 6
Home Team
New York Giants
R: 3 H: 8 E: 0 LOB: 11
Runs: 3
Hits: 8
Errors: 0
Left On Base: 11
Winning Pitcher—Ray Prim  
Losing Pitcher—Marv Grissom  
Save—Johnny Schmitz  
Game Winning RBI—Bobby Sturgeon 

Game Info

DateSeptember 18, 1946 
Day of WeekWed 
Day / NightD 
Visiting TeamChicago Cubs 
Home TeamNew York Giants 
Visiting Starting PitcherDoyle Lade  
Home Starting PitcherMarv Grissom  
BallparkPolo Grounds 
CityNew York 
StateNY 
Attendance2,116 
Time of Game2 hours 11 minutes 
UmpiresHP: Dusty Boggess
1B: George Barr
2B: (none)
3B: Jocko Conlan

Chicago Cubs Lineup 

Name  Position 
Peanuts Lowrey  Center Fielder 
Bobby Sturgeon  Second Baseman 
Eddie Waitkus  First Baseman 
Bill Nicholson  Right Fielder 
Marv Rickert  Left Fielder 
Bob Scheffing  Catcher 
Hank Schenz  Third Baseman 
Lennie Merullo  Shortstop 
Doyle Lade  Pitcher 
Charlie Grimm  Manager 

New York Giants Lineup 

Name  Position 
Johnny Rucker  Center Fielder 
Buddy Kerr  Shortstop 
Willard Marshall  Right Fielder 
Babe Young  First Baseman 
Sid Gordon  Left Fielder 
Bobby Thomson  Third Baseman 
Mickey Grasso  Catcher 
Dick Lajeskie  Second Baseman 
Marv Grissom  Pitcher 
Mel Ott  Manager 

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Cubs 4 @ Giants 3
Polo Grounds
September 18, 1946

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         Game of 9/18/1946 -- Chicago at New York (D)

  Chicago            AB  R  H RBI    New York           AB  R  H RBI
Lowrey P, cf          4  0  0  0   Rucker J, cf          4  0  1  0   
Sturgeon B, 2b        4  1  2  1   Kerr B, ss            4  1  1  1   
Waitkus E, 1b         2  1  1  1   Marshall W, rf        4  0  2  0   
Nicholson B, rf       3  1  1  0   Young B, 1b           4  0  1  1   
Rickert M, lf         4  0  1  1   Gordon S, lf          5  0  0  0   
Scheffing B, c        4  0  1  1   Thomson B, 3b         4  1  2  1   
Schenz H, 3b          4  0  0  0   Grasso M, c           4  0  0  0   
Merullo L, ss         3  0  0  0   Lajeskie D, 2b        3  1  0  0   
Lade D, p             2  0  0  0   Grissom M, p          3  0  1  0   
Prim R, p             0  0  0  0   Schumacher H, p       0  0  0  0   
Garriott C, ph        0  1  0  0   Lombardi E, ph        0  0  0  0   
Chipman B, p          1  0  0  0   Blattner B, pr        0  0  0  0   
Schmitz J, p          0  0  0  0                                      
                     -- -- -- --                        -- -- -- --
                     31  4  6  4                        35  3  8  3

Chicago          000 100 030 --  4
New York         000 001 011 --  3

  Chicago              IP  H  R ER BB SO
Lade D                6.2  7  1  1  1  1
Prim R (W)            0.1  0  0  0  0  0
Chipman B*            1.0  1  2  1  3  0
Schmitz J (S)         1.0  0  0  0  1  1

  New York             IP  H  R ER BB SO
Grissom M (L)         7.2  6  4  4  4  6
Schumacher H          1.1  0  0  0  0  0
  * Pitched to 2 batters in 9th

E -- Nicholson B, Waitkus E 2, Sturgeon B
DP -- Chicago 1
LOB -- Chicago 6, New York 11
2B -- Rickert M, Thomson B, Sturgeon B, Waitkus E
HR -- Thomson B
CS -- Thomson B
SH -- Lowrey P
HBP -- by Lade D (Rucker J), by Grissom M (Garriott C)
T -- 2:11
A -- 2116

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